Location based systems

Connected offers free I2V connectivityA new system could reduce the cost of implementing I2V communications across a city to less than that for a single intersection, as Colin Sowman hears. It may seem too good to be true but US company Connected Signals is offering city authorities the equipment to provide infrastructure to vehicle (I2V) communications for free. The system enables drivers to receive information about the timing...

Deadlines approach for Europe's automatic crash alert systemThe EU-co-funded I_ HeERO (Infrastructure_ Harmonised eCall European Pilot) project is working to ensure the readiness of national networks of call centres - known as public safety answering posts (PSAPs) - to deal with automated crash alerts arriving via the continent-wide 112 emergency phone number.
Following on from its HeERO and HeERO2 pre-deployment predecessors, which enjoyed €16m...

TomTom provides flexibility for RiyadhWith five years of traffic disruption ahead and an inadequate traffic monitoring system, the authorities in Riyadh needed a solution and quickly. In preparation for embarking on what is currently the world's largest metro construction project, the Arriyadh Development Authority (ADA) in Riyadh needed to put in place measures to minimise the additional congestion and travel delays the...

Features

Connected offers free I2V connectivityA new system could reduce the cost of implementing I2V communications across a city to less than that for a single intersection, as Colin Sowman hears. It may seem too good...

Calculating the cost of stellar solutionsThe increasing availability and accuracy of global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is opening up low-cost options in many areas as David Crawford finds out. Boosting...

TomTom provides flexibility for RiyadhWith five years of traffic disruption ahead and an inadequate traffic monitoring system, the authorities in Riyadh needed a solution and quickly. In preparation for...